Gritiss8 Exlracts. . -o DRSTRUrrTON. OF TIlE GAaRRIc: TiE.LTRB nl' FIRa.-On Wednesday morning, between the hours of 4 and 5, police-constable 9D I1, whilst passing along his beat, discovered smoke and sparks issuing from the Garrick Theatre, in Leman-street, Good man's Fields. This satisfied the oflicer that a fire was raging within the theatre. Without a moment's loss of time an alarm was spread in the usual way; but before any of the inhabitants could be aroused from their slumbers, the fire told its own tale by breaking through the roof. For some time the greatest excitement and confusion prevailed, the ascent of the hflmes being so extraordinarily rapid, that in the brief space of ten minutes at least one half of. the. building became enveloped in flames. An instant attempt was made to get the, fire sub duedl, but, upon an entry into the theatre being made, it became a matter of certainty that at least the entire structure must fall a prey to the destruc tive element. Indeed it ...

DEATH BY STARVATION I ! W; e have received the following truly afflicting and terrible statement from the Rev. Cornelius O'Brien, the respected Parish Priest of Lurrah and Durrow : O T11E EDIT?OR OF THE " TIPPERARY VINDICATOR." Sir-I have to inform you of another victim of starvation. A Coroner's Inquest was held on the lands of Redwood, in the parish of Lurrah, on yes terday, the 24th, on the body of Daniel Hayes, who for several days subsisted almost on the refuse of vegetables, and went on Friday morning in quest for something in the shape of food, but had not gone far when he was obliged to lie down, and, melan choly to relate, was found dead some time afterwards. He was well able to work before starvation fastened upon him, and plenty of public works were struck out in the neighbourhood by the ° Extraordinary Road Sessions," but not one yet commenced. Bow long, Mr. Editor, are we to be deluded by this neglect P Our Relief Committee has been formed and sanctioned three weeks, an...

NEWSTEAD ABBEY. Newstead Abbey is a noble pile; and as associated with the name of Byron, must, for ages to come,be a house of renown. We went leisurely over it; and then adjourned to the grounds. Every objectseems to recall the poet and his writings. There is the nobly proportioned ruined arch, magnificent even in decay, through which the wind sighs so wildly, and which the bard has vividly described in a fine stanza of one of the most objectionable of his poems. The lake too, in which he and " Boatswain" used to gambol, was before us-a broad sheet of water, and covered, when we saw it, under the influence of a fresh breeze, with mimic waves. Looking full upon this lake is the poet's bed.room. The furniture in it as having been used by him, naturally arrests at tention. Its value consists entirely with Itsassocia tion with Byron'. It 'i old, ill-used, and shabby. We saw the monument raised by the poet to his favourite-" Boatswain," and the tree where he had carved his own atndhis s...

FAMINE IN IRE?,AND. (From the Tablet.) We find it impossible to make the remarks we intended on this all-important, all-gloomy subject. The prospect still continues what it was, or, rather, the hard reality has commenced; and what people are now waiting for is to see whether the measures of relief already enacted and widely discussed will, when they come into operation, piroduee any tangi ble effect in coping with this mighty disaster. Meanwhile we are delighted to find that the prin ciple of " Fixity bf Tenure" as a remedy for the present distress-or, more properly speaking, as a preventive for the future-is beginning, to receive the valuable support of the Morning Chronicle. We extract the greater part of the article to which we refer : FlxIrs op TBNURS.- The:e words express a mode of abolishing cottier tenancy, the reverse, in all respects, of the clearing system ; the reverse in practice, and still more decidedly contrary in theory. For while the one recognises no rights in anyb...

APPREHENSION o? PETER PIDGooN.-Thhis man, charged with the murder of William Taylor, late of Wollongong, was apprehended at Wollongong on Wednesday last, the 17th instant. He appears to have gone direct back to his own hut at Wollongong when he left Maitland the previous Wednesday. He was forwarded to Maitland, and las been brought up before the Maitland bench several times since, and different witnesses examined, and was again re manded yesterday. He has not yet been called on to make any statement to the bench, but to the Wollongong police he told somewhat contradictory tales of the way he became possessed of Taylor's clothing, some of which he denied ever having been Taylor's.

THE GODLESS COLLEGES ONCE MORE. (From the Tablet.) .The Nation, in an article of last week, returns to this subject, and, in effect, though apparently with out intending to do. so, withdraws the substance of its original, contradiction. :It replies.thus to the Freeman's Journal : " In proof error, the Freemanadds this new and less stern version of its original statement :_ " The position in which the matter stands is this ---the Cardinals appointed by his Holiness to inspect and report upon the several documents laid before himr n reference to the intended Irish Colleges, have reported against the system propounded by the Go vernment. " Neither can we give any credit to this version, svhich appears to us a mere and very lame surmise of the Freenan's informant, by way of apology for his former 'fiction. It is a safe surmise, however; for thiogh he can know nothing as to such a re port, if it exists, neither can any other individual save the Cardinals reporting and the Holy Fa ther. T...

OFFICE FOR HOLY WEEK. T 'TIN' undersigned begs to apprise the Catholic Clergy and Iaity, that hlie has just received by tile BF.aaIonsur, a case of Catholic Works from the Catholic Book Society, selected by His Grace the Archbishop. Among them are THE OFFICE FOR HOLY WEEK, in splendid illuminated and other bindings. The Missal for the Laity, complete wijtl 12 en gravings, by Pugin Douay Bibles. Douay Testaments Catholic Instructor; in 2 vols., bound The Garden of the Soul, in illuminated and other bindings BUTLER'S LIVES OF THE SAINTS, COM-. PLETE, in 12 vols., bound Challoner's Lives of Missionary Priests,'2 volt Challoner's Meditations, 2 vols. Clover on the Mass-Devotions to Jesus-Devout Communicant-Key of Heaven TALES FOR CHILDREN, translated from the G German of Canon Schmidt, &amp;c. J. K.: HEYDON, 4242 78, King-street West. No. 47-76. Town Clerk's Office, Sydney, 23rd March, 1847. OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that - an Assistant Surveyor, and a Superintendent of the Building. A...

uptcmcs Court. -0 TUESDAY, MARCH 23. CIVIL BlDE. Before his Honor the Chief Justice and a jury of four. 'EW MAGISTRATES. The Honoralde Lewis Hope, of Eurimbola, Mo long, and George Macleay, Esq., of Murrumbidgee, ;were sworn in as magistrates of the territory. CHARSMAN V. FLANAGAN. This was an action of trespass, In which Thomas Charman was the plaintiff, and Francis Flanagan ,the defendant. The declaration set forth that on the 20th April. 1845, the defendant had forcibly seized upon six bullocks and a dray, with certain ,yokes, bows, &amp;c., the property of the plaintiff, and had wrongfully converted the same to his own use, to the plaintiff's damage of £100. *To this the de fendant had pleaded, first, the general issue, not guilty; and, secondly, that the bullocks, &amp;c., were not-the property of the plaintiff. Mr. Lowe appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Windeyer for the defendant. The jury, after having retired for a few minutes, found a -verdict for the defendant up...

NEW INSOLVENT. March 25.-John Williams, of George-street, Windsor, publican. Debts, i263 12s. Assets, per sonal property, £40 5s.; outstanding debts, £9 13s.; balance deficienicy. £207 14s. John Walker, official assignee. 'LiClsLATIVE CouNcIL.---With reerence to the proclamation dated 11th May.,.1846, his Ex cellency the Governor directs it to be notifieyl that he has received a warrant under her Majesty's sign manual, bearing date the 19th October, 1840, and countersigned by one of her Majesty's principal secretaries of state, ratifying and confirming the appointment of Henry 1Watson Parker, Esq., to be .a non-elective member of the Legislative Council of New South-Wales.-Government Gazette. ERRATUM.--In the G-overnment Gazette of the 5th ultimo, at page 266, for Henry Fisher, Alderman for Gipps ward, appointed a magistrate of the territory and also for the city of Sydney, read Alderman for Cook ward.-Jbid. CoURT OF REQUESTS.-The next sittings of the Coun t of Requests will commenc...

" 2The .gdney Chronicle" is published twice a iveek, on Wednesd?! andd Soatrdaly; and is extensivelyl circulated throughout New South Wales, Van Dinemen's Land, South Australia, New Zealand, and India; and in nland, Sotland and ,elanid.- TheQuarters end on the 3ist frc 30th. June. 30th September, and 31st December; at whichi periods. only. subscribers can decline receiving it, after paying the amount due.-Advertrisers shod mark o each advertisement e number, ofnsertions required; otherwise hey are continued till colntermaded. Orde' o Sditcontinueeor ilter advertisements mustbe sent in before six o'clock on the evenings of Tuesday and Friday; but new advertisements are received "ill six o'clock on the evening before publication.-All instructions must be given in writing, and all letters postpaid - ~ ~~~~~ _ -~-- -- NOTICE. T~ HE SUBSCRIBERS. to. this Paper, .a and, the Public in general, are respect fully informed; that the following rules will in futuire be strictly adhered to. ifN ...

CLONMEL. (From the T7pperary. Vindicator.) We have'godl, we have truly benevolent men in. this quarter-and this, as well as the season which is approaching, will require the exercise of the vir tues for which their lives have been distinguished. Amongst the foremost is Mr. John Murray, of the Marlfield Distillery, who is selling Indian meal to his labourers at 14d. per stone, at a time when otherg are charging 2s. to the public; he de serves. the gratitude of these poor fellows and their children. Captain Osborne.of Newtown An ner, is alopting the same benevolent course towards all the persons in his employment, and I have heard that others here are giving provisions at first cost to those in any way connected with their mills or stores. May their bright examples be generally imitated, and may they reap a rich reward for their charity and benevolence. The storm here on Wednesday night was terrific. Little or no damage was sustained in Clonmel; in other parts of the neighbourhood, ho...

The most important news from Van Diemen's Land is the re-instalment of the six members of the Legislative Council who resigned their seats during Sir Eardley Wilmot's tenure of the Government: The following is the hlobart Town. Courier's ac count of the proceedings on the occasiof : The events of the early part of the present week have been of singular. interest and importance. Our readers are already aware that the members of the ,late and present Legislative Council were summoned to meet at Government House on last Wednesday,. for the purpose, as most correctly expressed in the Circular, of having the "contents" of tile despatch received by his Excellency from the Secretary of State, respecting the Legislative Council, made known ,to them. The town was consequently in a state of very considerable anxiety pending the period that the twelve members were at Government House, and this excitement was still more increased when, upon their emergence, it was immediately discovered that no...

W'tarltc; -o An accident of a very singular description is re counted by the Glasgow Courier, as having occur red to a native of that city, whiien recently bathitng at Ardentinuy. The gentleman in question, while swimming at some distance fro:m the shore, was sud denly attacked by a large medntsa or galley fish, which so clogged his movements that hie was in im minent danger of being drowneil, and it was with difficulty he disencumbered himself so far as to ad mit of his diving. by which lie freed himself for the moment from his unwonted assailant. Unfortt nately, however, on rising to the surface, he again came in contact with the animal, which this time began to sink along with him, andt had it not been for the assistance of a fisherman, who, attracted hy his cries, rowed hastily to the rescue, the result might very possibly have been fatal. As it was, Ihe was for some time confined to bed, and is stillsulfir ing from the feverish ellect produced by the stings received in his stra...

CONDITION OF THE PEOPLE.-CON TINUED APATHY OF LORD JOHN RUS SELL.-STARVATION AND DEATH ! (From the Tipperary Vindicator, October 28.) If Lord John Russell shall continue blind to the signs of the times, he is evidently unfitted for the position he usurps in the place of an abler and a better statesman; the earlier, in a word, he aban dons the perilous elevation, the better for the Em pire. The storm of indignation against himself personally, and the excessive bitterness which is be ginning to prevail against his Cabinet, and which his insane obstinacy has cbnjured up from the lowest depths, are increasing daily. in magnitude and intensity. Disappointment is augmenting the fierce violence of the tempest. If matters proceed as they are going on, we do deplore to avow, for the sake of many inestimable members of. the party, that the word " Wlhig" must for ever smell rank in the nostrils of Irishmen, and that any other party whatever must be far and away preferable to that which allures...

•CORONER'S JURIES. (From the Mlorning Chronicle, Nov. 21.) Of the many causes which secure to social abuses and anomalies a protracted tenureof existence, none, perhaps, contributes so much to their vitality as the obstinacy with which the absurdities on which they are based withdraw themselves from public observa tion, and sliun even the self-consciousness of the habitual acquieseents in some time-lonoured farcical solemnity. In every department of the public service, as well as in all the contingencies of social and professional intercourse, foolish acts are daily perpetrated, by shrewd and intelligent men, for no reason In the world than becausetheir predecessors for generations have sanctioned the like absurdity. Once in a dozen years, however, the frankness, or insouicance, of a self-willed participant throws a passing gleam of liglht on the causes, or on the working, of some rarely challenged abuse. The features of some monstrous corruption are momen tarily revealed in all the...

S WVASTE. LANDS (From the Launceseton Examiner.) .. It is not unprofitable to refer to other. countries for information on this topic. The great stream of emigration from the "British isles has long been rushing to America. The distance is short, the ex pense of transit comparatively small ; but the United States, not satisfied with a natural preference, have steadily endeavoured to attract by their land regulations. From an American paper before us we learn that in July last, the terms on which waste land was disposed of had been subjected to revision. We.copy the following without comment, leaving our readers to contrast the circumstances of America within three weeks sail of Britain, and those of Tasmania, separated from England by half the globe: TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. H1OUSE OF REPRESENIATIVES. Washington, July 14, 1846. The yeas and naes were then taken on the amend ment to the amendments offered by Mr. M'Kay, *viz.:-that land which shall have been offered for sale for twenty ...

4hoUet'1tlt1c ut WatFtc, ' -0 TUESDAY, MARCHI 23. 5IP'OUN DINOS. lIartley, on the 17th day of March, 1847, from Michael Pidgeon-bay ware, white all down the face off' hind foot white, appears to have been sprained, branded WC on the near shoulder, four off, 13 hands 3 inches high, damages 3s., a bay filly foal by her side, branded WC near side under the saddle, one year off, damages 3s.; bay horse foal, branded WC near side under the saddle, a few white hairs on the Ilanks, one year off, damages 3s. ; dark brown 'Timor mare, Illegible brand like B or It on the near shoulder, a brand like V on the oil' ribs, five off, 11 hands 3 inches high, damages 3s. ; iron grey horse, hind feet white, star on the forehead, black mane, silver tail, branded ML near side under the saddle, six off, 15} hands high, damages £1 10s., this beast was impounded by the Mounted Police, the owner having promised a reward of i 10 Os., though he owned him, failed in his promise of taking hiim away. If not claim...